Cigar-wrapping mechanism.



w. s. LUCKBTT.

CIGAR WRAPPING MECHANISM.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY31, 190s.

1,075,21 6, 4 Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

Z SHEETS-SHEET 1.

W. S. LUOKETT.

QIGAR WRAPPING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY31, 1906.

Patented 0011711913.

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To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. Luclmr'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at:

' ran grants.

WILLIAM s. Lucx'a'rr, or has"; ORANGE, new mass; aslsxendn sornrannal'r'rortan crean MACHINERY cemran or new voax, n. 12,, a.oongoaaqnolv 'ornnw JERSEY.

East Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Wrapping Mechanisms, fullydescribed and re resented in the following specification an theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in machines for wrappingcigars.

In cigar machines in which the wrapper is automatically presented to thebunch 1n the wrapping mechanism, it has been found desirable to controlthe wrapper as it passes from the wrapper presenting 'means to thewrapping mechanism by a ide over whlch the wrapper passes, this guldebeing located between the wrapper presenting means and the wrappingmechanism. The function of this wrapper controlling device is to sodirect the wrapper to the rolling bunch that it may be smoothly wrappedthereon, and to also, to a certain extent, at least, efiect the properdelivery of the wrapper from the presenting means, particularly in thatclass of .machines in which the wrapper presenting means embodies asuction carrier. Some wrapping machines employ a device such 'as aneedle to hold the tuck end of the wrapper on the rotating bunch whilethe first wrap is made, and in one of the prior machines, this needlewas so operated as to not only hold the tuck end of the wrapper on thebunch, but to positively engage the wrapper while on the wrapper carrierand transfer the tuck end thereof from the carrier to the bunch, afterwhich it held this end of the wrapper on the bunch until the first wrapwas made.

One of the objects of this invention has in view to provide ancimproveddigar machine which shall include a wrapper controlling device operatingon the wrapper between the wrapper presenting device and the wrappingmechanism, this device being positively moved lengthwise of the wrappingmechanism during the wrapping operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide cigar'machines whichshall embody improved means for operating the wrapper transferringdevice.

With these and other objects not specifispecification of Letters jApplication filed Maw SE, was. serial No. steam.-

cream-marine masseparts, improvements and combinations as fi ea 6 a ma.7

, sietsin certain constructions and in certain -will be hereinafterfully'describ ed and then specifically pointed out.

Referring to the accompan ings -Figure 1 is a plan view 0 so much 0f acigar machine as is necessary to an understanding of the invention. Fig.2 is aside elevation of-the construction shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3- is asection on the line 3- 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation, partlyin section, of the devices for o crating the wrapper controlling means.-%i detail side elevation of the devices. for operating the wrappertransferring means. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the construction shownin Fig. 5. I The wrapping mechanism with which the improved controllingdevice hereinafter to be described is employed may be of any suitableconstruction. In the construction illustrated, the wrapping mechanism issupported between a pair of side frames 1, these frames being connectedby cross webs 2, 3 and 4. The wrapping devices proper are mounted so asto depend from this frame and the frame may, if desired, be constructedand mounted in the machine so that it 'may be swung up to permit access.to the .wrapping devices. As shown, the side frames 1 are provided withbearings 5 in which pintles may be located.

The wrapping is effected, in the particu lar construction shown, bymeans of rolls 6, 7 and 8, the rolls 6 being provided with a gear 9, theroll 7 with a gear 10 and the roll 8 with a gear 12. The gear 10 is inmesh with an intermediate 13 and the gear 12 with an intermediate 14,these intermediates being both in mesh with the gear 9. The roll 7 ismounted in a side frame 15 and the roll 8 in a side frame 16, theseframes being pivoted so that the rolls 7 8 may be opened to receive anddischargethe bunch by swingin the frames. This is effected by providingt e frame 15 with an arm 17 and the frame 16 with an arm 18. The arm 18is connected by a link 19 with a lever 20 pivoted at 21 in the frame,and the arm 17 is connected by a link 22 to this same lever 20.

This lever 20 is provided with a stud which engages a cam groove 23 in acam drum 24, this cam drum being mountedon a shaft 25 which is the maincam shaft of the wrapping machine. 'This shaft 25'may be driven I ingdrawso g aisa a gear 26, to which motion is communicated a from anysuitable gear in the machine.

The best constructions will embody a wrapper present' g device. Thatshown includes a suction plate 27 overlying'a suction chamber 28, theplate forming a carrier by which the wrapper is delivered to thewrapping mechanism. A relative movement will be set up, during thewrapping operation, between the wrapper carrier and the wrappingmechanism to effect the proper deli-very of the wrapper. While thisrelative movement ma be varied in its character, it will consist in partof a relative traversing movement such as is generally described in thepatent to Tyberg, No. 654,203, this movement effecting the properdelivery of the wrapper lengthwise of the bunch during the wrappingoperation. The mechanical agencies by which this movement isaccomplished are not material to the present invention and are,therefore, not described, as any suitable means may be employed for thispurpose. It may be remarked, however, that a suitable mechanism isdisclosed in an application of Oluf Tyberg, Ser. No. 264,568, filed June10, 1905.

The construction of the wrapper controlling device employed may bevaried widely. In the particular construction illustrated, thiscontrolling device consists of a plate 29, this plate being providedwith rearwardly projecting arms 30 by which the plate is pivoted todepending arms 31, these arms being connected by a cross-web 32 andbeing carried on a hub 33 loosely mounted on a rod 34 suitably supportedin one of the side frames 1. In the particular construction illustratedwhile the wrapper is being delivered from the suction carrier to therolls,

the plate 'stands well across the opening be tween the rolls 7 and 8, sothat the plate is moved into and out of operative position to permit thedelivery of the-bunch to and its discharge from the wrapping mechanism.This movement of the plate is effected by I swinging the arms 31 by amechanism which will be hereinafter described.

During the delivery of the wrapper, the controlling device or plate 29is given a movement lengthwise of the wrapping mechanism, so that it mayat all times preserve a proper relation with respect to the wrapper.While the means employed for producing this lengthwise movement may bevaried and will be varied according to the type of controlling deviceemployed, in the particular construction illustrated, the hub 33 isprovided with a slot which is engaged by a roll 35 mounted on the end ofa swinging lever 36, this lever being pivoted at 37 to a standard 38rising from one of the side frames 1. This lever 36 is provided with anoutward projection or wing in which is formed a slot 39, this slot beingengaged by a roll 40 on a cam lever 41, this lever being pivoted on astud 42 secured to one of the side frames. The lower end of this levercarries a roll 43 which engages with a cam groove 44 in the cam drum 24before referred to. As the cam drum 24 rotates, therefore, the hub 33will be slid lengthwise. on its supporting rod 34, thus at all timesduring the wrapping operation properly positioning 'the controllingplate with respect to the wrapper.- The movement of the plate into andout of position is effected by providing the hub with a short arm 45which has a roll 46 thereon, this. roll being located in a cam slot 47in a plate 48 secured to the sideframe; This slot is provided with asharp incline 49 which is engaged by the roll 46 just as the hub beginsits longitudinal movement, so that the hub is rocked, thus carrying thearms 31 and the controlling plate forward so as to bring the late intoproper position with respect to t e wrapper. It has been heretoforestated that the plate is carried by arms 30 which are pivoted to thearms 31, and in order to control the position of the plate as it movesinward, one of the arms has a rearward extension 50, this being providedwith a cam roller 51 which bears against a swinging cam 52, the roll 51being held up against this cam by means of a spring 53 fast to a pin 54on the hub 33. The cam 52 is carried by an arm 55 which is pivoted tothe hub 33, this arm being provided with a roll 56 which bears on theunderside of the plate 48, this plate having a bevel cam face 57 thereonof the configuration necessary toproduce a substantially parallel inwardmovement of the arms 30 as they are carried inward and outward by themovements of the arms 31. The purpose of this part of the constructionis to cause the edge of the plate 29 as the arms 31 swing to bemaintained always at substantially the same distance from the face 27 ofthe suction wrapper carrier.

The transferring device for the wrapper when the same is employed may bevariously constructed. As shown, it consists of a flexible needle 58,this needle being caused by a suitable mechanism to transfer the wrapperto the bunch and hold it thereon while the first wrap is made. In theparticular construction shown, the needle engages the wrapper while itis on the wrapper carrier or presenting device, this being effected, inthe construction shown, by providing the carrier with a groove 59 whichthe needle enters. The mechanism for giving the needle its movement maybe considerably varied. As illustrated, it is mounted in a carrier 60which consists of a short arm this arm being mounted on a short shaft 61carried in a swinging arm 62. The upper end of this arm 62 is formedwith a yoke 63, this yoke being pivoted by a pin 64 to one of the sideframes 1. The lever 62 has a connecting rod 65 pivoted to it, this rodbeing pivoted at its other end to a lever 66 which is in turn pivoted toone of the side frames. This lever 66 carries a roll 67 which engages acam groove 68 in the drum 24 before referred to. The shaft 61 isprovided with a torsion spring 69 which normally holds the carrier 60and the needle 58 up against a swinging cam 70 pivoted at 71 to one. ofthe side frames, the carrier 60 having a roll 72 which bears against theoperating face of this cam. The cam 70 is provided with an inclinedoperating face 73 and with a straight face 74. As the arm 62 starts tomove inward, the inclined face torsionsspring 69 and properly positionsthe needle 58, so that it may enter the slot 59 in the wrapperpresenting device. The further movement of the arm 62 causes the needleto enter the slot 59, the roll 73 at this time running on the straightface 74 of the cam 70. At the time when the needle has fully engaged thewrapper, the roll 73 rides off the cam and permits the torsion spring tooperate, this spring causing'the needle to take the tuck end of thewrapper from the wrapper-support to the bunch in the wrapping rolls. Theneedle remains in position until the first wrap of the wrapper aroundthe hunch is completed, the wrapper bein drawn over the edge of theplate 29 whih thus controls its proper delivery to the bunch. After thewrapper has been given its first wrap around the bunch, the needle iswithdrawn by a reverse movement of the arm 62. The cam 70is held in itsoperative position by means of a spring 75 connected to the cam at 76and to a pin 77 on one of the side frames, this spring permitting thecam to swing back as the arm 62 is making its reverse movement, thusallowing the roll 72 toget out from behind the cam.

Changes and variations may be made in the construction by which theinvention is carried into effect. The invention is not, therefore, to belimited to the specific construction herein shown and described.v

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a wrapping mechanism, of awrapper presenting device,

a wrapper controlling device operating onv the wrapper between thepresenting device and the wrapping mechanism, and means for moving thecontrolling device lengthwise v mechanism, of a suction wrapperpresent-' ing device, a wrapper controlling device operating on thewrapper between the present-- ing device and the wrapping mechanism, andmeans for moving the controlling device lengthwise of the wrappingmechanism during the wrapping operation.

3. The. combination with a wrapping mechanism, of a wrapper presentingdevice, a wrapper controlling plate operating on the wrapper between thepresenting device and the wrapping mechanism, and means for positivelymoving the plate lengthwise of the wrapping mechanism during thewrapping operation.

4:. The combination with a wrapping mechanism, of a suction-wrapperpresenting device, a wrapper controlling plate operating on the wrapperbetween the presenting device and the wrapping mechanism, and means forpositively moving the plate lengthwise of the wrapping mechanism duringthe wrapping operation.

5. The combination with a wrapping mechanism, of a wrapper presentingdevice, a wrapper controller operating on the wrapper between thepresenting device and the wrapping mechanism, means for moving thecontroller into and out of operative position, and means for positivelymoving it lengthwise of the wrapping mechanism during the wrappingoperation.

wrapper between the presenting device and the wrapping mechanism, meansfor moving the controller into and out of operative position, and meansfor positively moving it lengthwise of the wrapping mechanism during thewrapping operation.

8. The combination with awrappingmechanism, of a suction wrapperpresenting device, a wrapper controller plate operating on the wrapperbetween the presenting device and the wrapping mechanism, means formoving the controller into and out of operative position, and means forpositively moving it lengthwise of the wrapping mechanism during thewrapping operation.

9. The combination with a wrapping mechanism, of a suction wrapperpresenting device, a support, a wrapper controller plate pivoted on thesupport, means for moving the support to carrythe plate toward and awayfrom the wrapping mechanism, means for moving the plate with respect tothe support to position it, and means for giving the support an endwisemovement during the wrapping operation to move the plate lengthwise ofthe wrapping mechanlsm. I

10. The combination with a wrapping mechanism, of means for presenting awrapper thereto, means for transferring the tuck end of the wrapper tothe bunch in the wrapping mechanism and hold it against the bunch, awrapper controlling device operating on the wrapper between thepresenting device and the Wrapping mechanism, and

means for moving the controlling device lengthwise of the wrappingmechanism dur-' ing the wrapping operation.

11. The combination with a wrapping mechanism, of a suction wrapperpresenting device, means for transferring the tuck. end of therwrapperto the bunch in the wrapping mechanism and hold it against the bunch, awrapper controlling device operating on the wrapper between thepresenting device and the wrapping mechanism, and

means for moving the controlling device lengthwise of the wrappingmechanism during the wrapping operation.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence ofsubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM S. LUGKETI.

Witnesses:

, (I. W; SLAUGHTER,

WILLIAM TBABAUT, W. BEAUFORT BELL.

